10-11-2018, 05:04 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-11-2018, 05:05 AM by Eric the Green.)
(10-11-2018, 01:34 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(10-11-2018, 01:06 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(10-11-2018, 12:24 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(10-10-2018, 01:42 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: If you dislike fascism, you probably will not like Communism in practice. Life is a privilege, liberty is non-existent, and the pursuit of happiness is sheer folly under Communism, fascism, Ba'athism, or ISIS.I'd add socialism to the list of terms one should avoid as well. I think liberals/blues fail to understand/accept the reality that Hitler and the Nazi party were elected Democratically. I don't think Democratic voters understand that the beloved party of old associated with their parents and grand parents is no longer the party that represents the interests of the common man/ regular folks these days. Blues should expect the current trend to continue until the political/ideological lines solidify. What happens then? Blue America finds out what it was like to live in Yugoslavia during the time of its demise. I agree with the view of Eric Holder, when the other side stoops low, KICK THEM/PUNISH THEM. I'm glad to see that arrogant mother fucker is now starting to view and see things OUR WAY too. It's not going to be long before its going to be open season on all blues. You see, we aren't pissed yet. We are aggravated, disgusted and getting more upset but we aren't pissed yet because we still have faith in the American system.
For most of these reasons, you should understand why I despise Donald Trump as President of the United States.
Trump was elected in much the same way that Hitler was. Both got a minority of the votes. Trump was installed by virtue of the electoral college, the institution created to keep the people from voting, and as an incentive to get the slave states in the union since blacks were only 3/5 people. Also, by virtue of vote suppression laws of various kinds. Hitler was installed in office by a plot by conservatives to install him as chancellor to forestall a left government, thinking they could control him since his party was not in the majority in parliament. But when his brown shirts set fire to the Reichstag, Hitler used this "trumped" up incident to get an enabling law passed, which gave him expanded powers.
Democratic voters understand that the beloved GOP of their parents and grand parents no longer represents the interests of regular folks these days. The Republican Party represents ONLY the interests of the rich, and uses the prejudices of racists and semi-racists and religious fanatics, which are a large proportion of the voters in red states, which in turn are disproportionately way over-represented in the electoral college and the senate, to support the greed of our corporate masters. We are already finding out what happens when political and ideological lines solidify. The people get screwed over royally. And that's what's happening today.
We blues are aggravated, disgusted and getting more upset but we aren't pissed yet because we still have faith in the American system. But speaking for myself, I am already pissed off and have been for some time. We are being kicked and punished just for speaking out. This last 2 weeks have probably put me a lot farther toward the pissed-off level, and my faith in the American system has about run out.
Well, I am glad that if you two can agree on anything, it is on dislike of the political establishments. The reds cannot nominate one of their own these days. The blues can, but lost the general election. Now, if you only were able to listen well enough to work together...
Words can be cleverly used to confuse, as Galen did when he said I admitted that the boomers screwed up everything. You say that we agree on the dislike of the establishments. Unfortunately, the establishment that I dislike, is the one he likes, and the establishment he dislikes, is the one I like. It is just Dem vs Rep per se. Oh well, nice try. But this is a 4T and conflicts will only be resolved with a fight and a victory by one side or the other. His side is winning for now. We'll see. It will be 10 years before it's over, and it may not even be over then (but pretty well-decided).